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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

xvii

The Need of such a Book The Antiquity of Documents and MSSWhat the Book is intended to do

xix xxviiixxiii

First Volume

COSMOGENESIS.

PROEM

1

The Oldest MSS. in the world and its SymbolismThe One Life, Active and PassiveThe Secret Doctrine -Pantheism - Atheism "Space" in all Religions and in OccultismSeven Cosmic Elements - Seven Races of Mankind The Three Postulates of the Secret Doctrine Description of the Stanzas from the Book of Dzyan

2 4 6 9 12 14 20

BOOK I. - PART I.

COSMIC EVOLUTION.

SEVEN STANZAS FROM THE BOOK OF DZYAN

27

STANZA I. - THE NIGHT OF THE UNIVERSE

35

The Seven Eternities "Time" The Universal Mind and the Dhyan Chohans Nidana and Maya: The Causes of Misery The Great Breath Being and Non-BeingThe Eye of Dangma Alaya, the Universal Soul

36

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STANZA II. - THE IDEA OF DIFFERENCIATION

53

The Absolute knows Itself notThe Germ of Life was not yet The Universe was still concealed in the Divine Thought

55 57 61

STANZA III. - THE AWAKENING OF KOSMOS

62

The Great Vibration Nature's Symbols The Power of Numbers The Logoi and the Dragon The Astral Light Primeval Radiations from Unity The Web of BeingConscious Electricity: Fohat

63 65 67 73 75 79 83 85

STANZA IV. - THE SEPTENARY HIERARCHIES

86

The Sons of the Fire The Vehicle of the Universe - the Dhyan Chohans The Army of the Voice Speech and Mind The Ogdoad and the Heptad The Stellar "Sons of Light"

86 89 93 95 99103

STANZA V. - FOHAT: THE CHILD OF THE SEPTENARY HIERARCHIES

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The Fiery Whirlwind and the Primordial Seven The Produce Fohat The Correlation of the "Gods"Evolution of the "Principles" of NatureThe Mystery of the Fire The Secret of the Elements The Square of the Tabernacle The Planetary Spirits and the Lipika The Ring "Pass Not" The Sidereal Book of Life The Soul's Pilgrimage and its "Rest"

106108113119 121123125129130131134

STANZA VI. - OUR WORLD, ITS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

136

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The Logos Mystery of the Female Logos The Seven Layu Centres The "Elementary Germs" The Evolution of the ElementsThe Building of the Worlds A Neutral Centre "Dead" Planets - The Moon

136137138139140145147149

THEOSOPHICAL MISCONCEPTIONS

152

The Planetary Divisions and the Human Principles The Moon Transmigrations of the Ego The Septenary Chain Relation of the other Planets to the Earth

153155159161163

EXPLANATIONS CONCERNING THE GLOBES AND THE MONADS

170

The Lunar Chain and the Earth Chain The Earth, the Child of the Moon Classification of the Monads The Monad Defined The Lunar Monads - the Pitris A Triple Evolution in Nature

172173175177179181

STANZA VI. - CONTINUED

191

"Creation" in the Fourth Round The "Curse," "Sin," and "War"The Struggle for Life and the Birth of the WorldsThe Adepts and the Sacred Island

191193202207

STANZA VII. - THE PARENTS OF MAN ON EARTH

213

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Divisions of the HierarchiesCorrelations of BeingsWhat incarnates in Animal Man Formation of Man: the Thinker Occult and Kabalistic Pneumatics Akasa and EtherThe Invisible "Lives" Occult Vital Chemistry and BacteriologyThe Watcher and his Shadow Earth peopled by the Shadows of the Gods

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SUMMING UP

269

The pith and marrow of the Secret Doctrine Hermes in Christian GarbSome Occult Aphorisms The Seven Powers of Nature

273285289293

BOOK I. - PART II.

THE EVOLUTION OF SYMBOLISM IN ITS APPROXIMATE ORDER.

I. SYMBOLISM AND IDEOGRAPHS

303

Emblem and Symbol differ Magic Potency of Sound Mystery Language

305307309

II. THE MYSTERY LANGUAGE AND ITS KEYS

310

Egypt's many Religions The Jews and their SystemMoses copied from SargonIdentity of Ancient Symbols

311313 319323

III. PRIMORIDIAL SUBSTANCE AND DIVINE THOUGHT

325

Divine Thought, or Cineritious Matter? Ether and Intelligence The Seven Prakritis The Mystic Fire One Tree of Knowledge

327330335339341

IV. CHAOS - THEOS - KOSMOS

342

The Union of Chaos and Spirit The Birth of Mind

343345

V. THE HIDDEN DEITY, ITS SYMBOLS AND GLYPHS

349

The Gnostic Idea International Correlation of Gods

351355

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VI. THE MUNDANE EGG

359

Egg-born LogoiThe Winged Globe

363365

VII. THE DAYS AND NIGHTS OF BRAHMA

368

Human Gods and Divine Men The Rebirth of Gods The Puranic Prophecy

369371377

VIII. THE LOTUS AS A UNIVERSAL SYMBOL

379

Exoteric and EsotericThe Purity of early Phallicism The Egyptian Lotus

381383385

IX. DEUS LUNUS

386

A Glance at the Lunar MythA Key-note to the Moon Copies and OriginalsThe Moon Bi-sexual

387389393397

X. TREE AND SERPENT AND CROCODILE WORSHIP

403

Degeneration of the Symbol The Seven-headed Dragons Dragon and Crocodile

405407409

XI. DEMON EST DEUS INVERSUS

411

Death is Life The Fall of the Angels Transformation of the Legend

413418421

XII. THE THEOGONY OF THE CREATIVE GODS

424

The Point within the Circle The Logos or VerbumThe Factors of Creation Identity of the Hierarchies in all Religions Difference between the Aryan and Semitic Systems

426429432438444

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XIII. THE SEVEN CREATIONS

445

The Gnostic and the Hindu VersionsThe Seven Puranic "Creations"

449450

XIV. THE FOUR ELEMENTS

460

The "Gods" and the "Elements"The Language of the ElementsPagan and Christian Worship of the Elements

463464467

XV. ON KWAN-SMI-YIN AND KWAN-YIN

470

Kwan-Shi-Yin and Phallicism The Real Meaning

471472

BOOK I. - PART III.

SCIENCE AND THE SECRET DOCTRINE CONTRASTED

I. REASONS FOR THESE ADDENDA

477

Occultism versus MaterialismThe Sabbath of the Mystic

479481

II. MODERN PHYSICISTS ARE PLAYING AT BLIND MAIN'S BUFF

482

III. AN LUMEN SIT CORPUS NEC NON?

483

The Hypothetical Ether Scientific Theories of its Constitution

485489

IV. IS GRAVITATION A LAW?

490

Intelligences or Blind Forces? The Cause of Attraction

493498

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V. THE THEORIES OF ROTATION SCIENCE

500

Conflicting Hypotheses More Hypotheses

502505

VI. THE MASKS OF SCIENCE

506

What are the "Forces?"The View of the Occultists Scientific and Occult Theories on Heat The Atoms of Science

508510515519

VII. AN ATTACK ON THE SCIENTIFIC THEORY OF FORCE BY A MAN OF SCIENCE

523

Ether and Atoms

527

VIII. LIFE, FORCE, OR GRAVITY?

529

Dr. Richardson on Nervous Ether The Senses and their Action Too much "Life" may Kill

531535539

IX. THE SOLAR THEORY

540

The Primordial Element Elements and Meta-ElementsThe Tree of Life and beingProf. Crookes on the Elements